User:2etrefi/Claire Denis

Early Life

Her father, a civil administrator working in the French colonies of Africa, told his children that independence from France would be a good thing for these colonies. https://egs.edu/biography/claire-denis/

At the age of 12, Claire was diagnosed with polio and returned to France for treatment. She lived in Sceaux, a southern suburb of Paris, for the remainder of her teenage years.

https://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Chocolat.htm

Denis says that during this time in France, she felt as though she was unfit for the life of living in France. She was educated for a life in Africa, and felt completely different than everyone else around her.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/movies/claire-denis-barry-jenkins.html

Married in 1969 to a photographer, she became his assistant until their quick divorce.

In 1969, she married a photographer that she met at the age of 15, after being hired as his assistant. Due to the complex nature of having him in her private life but also as her teacher, they got divorced soon after.

https://www.filmcomment.com/article/claire-denis-interview/

Before applying and being accepted into IDHEC, she worked as an intern at Télé Niger. After telling everyone that she wanted to apply to IDHEC, they told her that she should not waste her time with education and https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/spotlight-claire-denis/denis_interview/

Debuts In Film

Finally, it was Jean-François Stévenin who convinced her to become a director and to launch her own projects. https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/spotlight-claire-denis/denis_interview/

Career as a Director

Claire Denis directed the video for the song “Incinerate” by the band Sonic Youth, from their album Rather Ripped (2006). https://www.filmcomment.com/article/eletrik-alchemy-claire-denis-films-sonic-youth

Actress

1998: En avoir (ou pas) by Laetitia Masson - Alice’s Mother

1998: Jour de Noël by Thierry Jousse

1998: Vénus Beauté (Institut) by Tonie Marshall - The asthmatic client

Assistante réalisatrice

1973: Sweet Movie by Dušan Makavejev

1973: Le Secret by Robert Enrico

1975: Le Vieux Fusil by Robert Enrico

1975: La Messe dorée by Beni Montresor

1976: Sérail d'Eduardo by Gregorio

1978: Retour à la bien-aimée by Jean-François Adam

1979: Mais ou et donc Ornicar by Bertrand Van Effenterre

1979: Zoo zéro by Alain Fleischer

1980: L'Empreinte des géants by Robert Enrico

1980: Pile ou Face by Robert Enrico

1981: On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus by Michel Lang

1982: La Passante du Sans-Souci by Jacques Rouffio

1983: Le Bâtard by Bertrand Van Effenterre

1983: Hanna K. by Costa-Gavras

1983: To Catch a King (en) by Clive Donner (Téléfilm)

1984: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders

1986: Down by Law by Jim Jarmusch

1987: Les Ailes du désir by Wim Wenders

Film Festival Boards

2005 : Member of the board of the Venice Film Festival

2019 : President of the board of short films and the Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival

2020 : President of the board of the Orizzonti section at the Venice Film Festival